Đề thi tuyển sinh đại học năm 2010 môn Tiếng Anh Khối D - Mã đề 529 (Kèm đáp án)

A. A small minority of the students in the class are Hispanic. 
B. The percentage of the students speaking Spanish fell by twenty-five percent. 
C. A considerable proportion of the students in the class are Spanish. 
D. Seventy-five percent of the students in the class speak Spanish. 
Question 3: “We’re having a reunion this weekend. Why don’t you come?” John said to us. 
A. John simply asked us why we wouldn’t come to a reunion. 
B. John didn’t understand why we came to a reunion. 
C. John cordially invited us to a reunion this weekend. 
D. John asked us why we didn’t come to a reunion this weekend. 
Question 4: "Would you like some more beer?" he asked. 
A. He asked me if I wanted some beer. B. He asked me would I like some more beer. 
C. He wanted to invite me for a glass of beer. D. He offered me some more beer. 
Question 5: Because they erected a barn, the cattle couldn’t get out into the wheat field. 
A. In order not to keep the cattle away from the wheat field, they erected a barn. 
B. They erected a barn in case the cattle couldn’t get out into the wheat field. 
C. They erected a barn so that the cattle would get into the wheat field. 
D. They erected a barn, and as a result, the cattle couldn’t get out into the wheat field. 
Question 6: When I arrived, they were having dinner. 
A. They ate their dinner as soon as I arrived. 
B. When they started having their dinner, I arrived. 
C. I came in the middle of their dinner. 
D. I came to their invitation to dinner. 
Question 7: It is English pronunciation that puzzles me most. 
A. English pronunciation is difficult for me. 
B. Puzzling me most is how to pronounce English. 
C. Pronouncing English words is not complicated. 
D. I was not quick at English pronunciation at school. 
Question 8: They couldn’t climb up the mountain because of the storm. 
A. The storm discouraged them from climbing up the mountain. 
B. The storm made them impossible to climb up the mountain. 
C. The storm mad...people have found the monotonous buzzing of the vuvuzela in the 
 A B 
2010-World-Cup matches so annoyed. 
 C D 
Question 13: In my judgment, I think Hem is the best physicist among the scientists of 
 A B C 
the SEA region. 
 D 
Question 14: In order no money would be wasted, we had to account for every penny we spent. 
 A B C D 
Question 15: After analyzing the steep rise in profits according to your report, it was convinced 
 A B C 
 that your analyses were correct. 
 D 
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the 
correct answer to each of the questions from 16 to 25. 
In the West, cartoons are used chiefly to make people laugh. The important feature of all these 
cartoons is the joke and the element of surprise which is contained. Even though it is very funny, a 
good cartoon is always based on close observation of a particular feature of life and usually has a 
serious purpose. 
Cartoons in the West have been associated with political and social matters for many years. In 
wartime, for example, they proved to be an excellent way of spreading propaganda. Nowadays 
cartoons are often used to make short, sharp comments on politics and governments as well as on a 
variety of social matters. In this way, the modern cartoon has become a very powerful force in 
influencing people in Europe and the United States. 
Unlike most American and European cartoons, however, many Chinese cartoon drawings in the 
past have also attempted to educate people, especially those who could not read and write. Such 
cartoons about the lives and sayings of great men in China have proved extremely useful in bringing 
education to illiterate and semi-literate people throughout China. Confucius, Mencius and Laozi have 
all appeared in very interesting stories presented in the form of cartoons. The cartoons themselves 
have thus served to illustrate the teachings of the Chinese sages in a very attractive way...re has been overwhelmingly from the West to 
the East and not vice versa. By means of cartoons, however, publishing companies in Taiwan, Hong 
Kong and Singapore are now having success in correcting this imbalance between the East and the 
West. 
Cartoons can overcome language barriers in all foreign countries. The vast increase in the 
popularity of these cartoons serves to illustrate the truth of Confucius’s famous saying “One picture is 
worth a thousand words.” 
Question 16: Which of the following clearly characterizes Western cartoons? 
A. Enjoyment, liveliness, and carefulness. B. Originality, freshness, and astonishment. 
C. Seriousness, propaganda, and attractiveness. D. Humour, unexpectedness, and criticism. 
Question 17: Chinese cartoons have been useful as an important means of______. 
A. educating ordinary people B. spreading Western ideas 
C. political propaganda in wartime D. amusing people all the time 
Question 18: The major differences between Chinese cartoons and Western cartoons come from 
their ______. 
A. purposes B. styles C. nationalities D. values 
Question 19: The pronoun “this” in paragraph 4 mostly refers to ______. 
A. a propaganda campaign B. a funny element 
C. an educational purpose D. a piece of art 
Question 20: The passage is intended to present ______. 
A. a description of cartoons of all kinds the world over 
B. an outline of Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons 
C. a contrast between Western cartoons and Chinese cartoons 
D. an opinion about how cartoons entertain people 
Question 21: Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? 
A. A Very Powerful Force in Influencing People 
B. Chinese Cartoons and Western Cartoons 
C. Cartoons as a Way of Educating People 
D. An Excellent Way of Spreading Propaganda 
Question 22: In general, Chinese cartoons are now aiming at ______. 
A. disseminating traditional practices in China and throughout the world 
B. spreading the Chinese ideas and c